Jayashree Industries delivers an essential commodity – the sanitary pad – to poor girls and women at affordable rates. The company distributes locally made sanitary pad via women led franchises. Today, Jayashree Industries has franchises in over 1,300 villages across 23 states of India, and presence in over 24 countries.

Impact on Girls

In India, 1 in 5 girls drop out of school when they reach puberty due to lack of access to sanitary pads. Of the girls who remain in school, they will on average miss 5 school days a month due to lack of access to sanitary pads during menstruation. Jayashree Industries exists to eliminate these statistics.